1

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

• Classes, properties, methods. UML approach.
• Inheritance and aggregation. Polymorphism.
• Interfacing, overloading. Practical application.

2

Handling errors

• Creating a handler. Buffering and log files.

3

E-mail

• MIME. Mixed, Multipart, Alternative/Related.
• IMAP/POP. Connecting to the server. Analysing and processing messages.

4

LDAP authentication

• Introduction. OpenLDAP. Configuration and start-up.
• Reading. Anonymous connection, interrogating and retrieving data. Writing. Administrator connection.

5

Databases

• Connection. Simple, multiple, permanent.
• Analysing the request. Validation mode and errors.
• Commit/Rollback. Connection mode incidence.
• Retrieving sets of records. Stored procedures.

6

XML and Web Services

• XML. Format and validation. DOM and Xpath.
• XSL transformers. XSL/XSLT.
• Rich clients: SWF and Ajax. Introduction and issues.
• Web Services and SOAP: Introduction. Directory of services and accessibility. WSDL and SOAP.

7

PDF for AcrobatReader

• Basic operations. Text, images and vector traces.
• Advanced options. Hyperlinks, signets and notes.

8

Interprocess communication

• COM and RPC APIs. Opening, executing and controlling an external application. Sockets.
• Printer control. Standard parameter setting.

9

HTTPS, SSL and certificates

• Introduction. Secured transactions. Server parameters. Certificate suppliers.

10

Maintenance

• Data compression. Reading/writing in streaming.
• FTP. Protocol and connection. Basic operations.